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  • Friday, Jan 30th
    8:30 AM - 9:00 AM ET
    Welcome, introduction, expectations
    Speaker: C. Matthew Hawkins, MD, MBA, FSIR – Emory University School of Medicine
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  • Friday, Jan 30th
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM ET
    MD Reimbursement
    Speaker: C. Matthew Hawkins, MD, MBA, FSIR – Emory University School of Medicine
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  • Friday, Jan 30th
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM ET
    The APP Advantage: Building Teams and Systems That Work (Utilizing extenders and the shared visits, the financial side of optimizing the APP model & EMR Optimization for charge capture)
    Speaker: Alexandra Fairchild, MD, FSIR (she/her/hers) – LSU Health
    Speaker: Oleksandra Kutsenko, MD – Red Rock Radiology Associates
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  • Friday, Jan 30th
    11:30 AM - 12:15 PM ET
    Friday Keynote
    Keynote Speaker: Robert A. Lookstein, MD, FSIR – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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  • Friday, Jan 30th
    1:15 PM - 2:30 PM ET
    Physician Revenue Flow: Intake, Documentation, and Collections
    Speaker: Melody W. Mulaik, MS – Society of Interventional Radiology
    Speaker: Teri Bedard, RT – Revenue Cycle Coding Strategies
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  • Friday, Jan 30th
    2:30 PM - 3:30 PM ET
    Clinical Scenarios Where Revenue Is Often Lost & Minimizing Audit Risk in Your IR Practice
    Speaker: Joseph M. Miller, MD, MS – Children's Hospital Los Angeles
    Speaker: Julie C. Bulman, MD, RPVI – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School
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  • Friday, Jan 30th
    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET
    Pros and Cons of being an employed physician vs. partnership equity & Building the Business Case for an OBL: Economic Insights
    Speaker: Oleksandra Kutsenko, MD – Red Rock Radiology Associates
    Speaker: Seetharam Chadalavada, MD, FSIR, MS – University of Cincinnati | UC Health
    Speaker: Blake Parsons, DO – Cardiovascular Health Clinic
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  • Saturday, Jan 31st
    8:00 AM - 8:45 AM ET
    Saturday Keynote
    Keynote Speaker: Ezequiel “Zeke” Silva III, MD, FSIR (he/him/his) – Methodist Hospital Texsan
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  • Saturday, Jan 31st
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM ET
    Navigating Stipends, Bonus Plans, Fair Market Value Standards, and Legal Requirements
    Speaker: Raif Erim – Revenue Cycle Coding Strategies
    Speaker: Mark Cunningham, Esq – Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel P.C.
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  • Saturday, Jan 31st
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM ET
    Operational Excellence - Navigating Insurance Coverage, Pre-Certification, Scheduling, Safety, & Daily Workflow
    Speaker: Seetharam Chadalavada, MD, FSIR, MS – University of Cincinnati | UC Health
    Speaker: Teri Bedard, RT – Revenue Cycle Coding Strategies
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  • Saturday, Jan 31st
    1:15 PM - 2:00 PM ET
    The Concern No One Wants to Talk About- BBB- Medicaid reduction, rural hospitals , APM
    Speaker: Christopher Eastlee – Society of Interventional Radiology
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  • Saturday, Jan 31st
    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM ET
    Code Creation and Clinical Validation- new codes for 2026
    Speaker: Julie C. Bulman, MD, RPVI – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School
    Speaker: Minhaj S. Khaja, MD, FSIR, MBA (he/him/his) – University of Michigan
    Speaker: Joseph M. Miller, MD, MS – Children's Hospital Los Angeles
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  • Saturday, Jan 31st
    3:15 PM - 4:00 PM ET
    Closing panel: The Future of Independent IR (an economic perspective)
    Speaker: C. Matthew Hawkins, MD, MBA, FSIR – Emory University School of Medicine
    Speaker: Nicholas Petruzzi, MD, FSIR – Vascular institute at AMI
    Speaker: Ezequiel “Zeke” Silva III, MD, FSIR (he/him/his) – Methodist Hospital Texsan
    Speaker: Julie C. Bulman, MD, RPVI – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School
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